HENRI PITTIER NATIONAL PARK BIRDS LIST

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1 VENEZUELA HENRI PITTIER NATIONAL PARK BIRDS LIST Based on Miguel Lentino and Mary Lou Goodwin Bird List of Henri Pittier National Park (Rancho Grande) 1.993, 3er edition. National Park area: 266,374 acres. Location: Central segment of the Coastal Mountain Range, between Aragua and Carabobo States. Highest elevation: Cenizo Pick 7,970 feet. Annual rain fall upper slopes: 59 to 71 inches. Annual rain fall lower slopes: 25 to 35 inches. Total number of birds: 580 species, represents 43 % of all the birds of Venezuela Meaning of the abbreviations: * Common species Endemic species Δ Migrant species Occasional species NOTE: the birds written in Arial (larger font) are the ones that can be seen both in Henri Pittier N.P. and in Hato El Cedral. Updated by Cecilia Herrera M. (2.002) TINAMIDAE 1 Gray Tinamou 2 Higland Tinamou 3 Little Tinamou 4 Brown Tinamou

2 5 Red-legged Tinamou PODICIPEDIDAE 6 Least Grebe 7 Pied billed Grebe PROCELLARIIDAE 8 Δ Audubon s Shearwater PELECANIDAE 9 * Brown Pelican SULIDAE 10 Brown Booby PHALACROCORACIDAE 11 Olivaceous Cormorant ANHINGIDAE 12 Anhinga FREGATIDAE 13 Magnificent Frigatebird ARDEIDAE 14 Δ Great Blue Heron 15 White-necked Heron/Cocoi Heron 16 Great Egret. 17 Snowy egret 18 Little Blue heron 19 Striated Heron 20 Tricolored Heron 21 * Cattle Egret 22 Black-crowned Night-Heron 23 Yellow Crowned Night Heron 24 Rufescent Tiger Heron 25 Striped-backed Bittern CICONIDAE 26 American Wood Stork 27 Maguari Stork 28 Jabiru THRESKIORNITHIDAE 29 Bare-faced Ibis 30 White Ibis 31 Scarlet Ibis 32 Roseate Spoonbill ANTIDAE 33 Fulvous Whistling-Duck 34 White-faced Whistling-Duck 35 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 36 White-cheeked Pintail 37 Δ Blue-winged teal 38 Δ Lesser Scaup 39 Muscovy Duck CATHARTIDAE

3 CATHARTIDAE 40 King vulture 41 * Black vulture 42 Turkey vulture 43 Lesser Yellow Headed Vulture ACCIPITRIDAE 44 Black-shouldered Kite 45 Pearl Kite 46 Swallow-tailed Kite 47 Gray-headed Kite 48 Hook-billed Kite 49 Double-thoothed Kite 50 Plumbeous Kite 51 Snail Kite 52 Bicolored Hawk 53 Tiny Hawk 54 Semicollored Hawk 55 Sharp-shinned Hawk 56 White-tailed Hawk 57 Δ Broad-winged Hawk 58 Roadside Hawk 59 Short-tailed Hawk 60 Gray Hawk 61 Bay-winged Hawk 62 White Hawk 63 Savanna Hawk 64 Common Black Hawk 65 Great Black Hawk 66 Solitary Eagle 67 Crested Eagle 68 Harpy Eagle 69 Black-and-chestnut Eagle 70 Black and White Hawk-Eagle 71 Ornate Hawk-Eagle 72 Black Hawk-Eagle 73 Crane Hawk 74 Long-winged Harrier 75 PANDIONIDAE Δ Osprey FALCONIDAE Laughing Falcon Collared Forrest Falcon 78 Barred Forest Falcon 79 Yellow-headed Caracara 80 Crested Caracara 81 Δ Peregrine Falcon 82 Bat Falcon 83 Aplomado Falcon

4 84 Δ Merlin 85 Krestel CRACIDAE * Rufous-Vented Chachalaca Band-tailed Guan 88 Crested Guan 89 Helmeted Curassow 90 Yellow-knobbed Curassow PHASIANIDAE 91 Crested bobwhite 92 Venezuelan Wood-Quail ARAMIDAE 93 Limpkin RALLIDAE Plain-flanked Rail Rufous-necked Wood-rail 96 Gray-necked Wood Rail 97 Δ Sora 98 Ash-throated Crake 99 Gray-breasted Crake 100 Yellow-breasted Crake 101 Paint-billed Crake 102 Common Gallinule 103 Purple Gallinule JACANIDAE Wattled Jacana HAEMATOPODIDAE American Oystercatcher CHARADRIDAE Southern Lapwing Pied Lapwing 108 Δ Black-Bellied Plover 109 Δ Lesser Golden Plover 110 Δ Semipalmated Plover 111 Collared Plover 112 Δ Thick-billed Plover 113 SCOLOPACIDAE Δ Solitary Sandpiper 114 Δ Lesser Yellowlegs 115 Δ Greater Yellowlegs 116 Δ Spotted Sandpiper 117 Δ Willet 118 Δ Ruddy Turnstone 119 Δ Red Knot 120 Δ Least Sandpiper

5 121 Δ Baird s Sandpiper 122 Δ White-rumped Sandpiper 123 Δ Pectoral Sandpiper 124 Δ Semipalmated Sandpiper 125 Δ Western Sandpiper 126 Δ Sanderling 127 Δ Stilt Sandpiper 128 Δ Upland Sandpiper 129 Δ Whimbrel 130 Δ Common Snipe RECURVIROSTRIDAE 131 Common Stilt / Black-necked Stilt STERCORARIIDAE 132 Δ Parasitic Jaeger LARIDAE 133 Laughing gull 134 Large-billed Tern 135 Δ Gull-Billed Tern 136 Δ Common Tern 137 Bridle Tern 138 Sooty Tern 139 Yellow-billed Tern 140 Least Tern 141 Δ Royal Tern 142 Cayenne Tern 143 Δ Sandwich Tern 144 Lesser Noddy 145 RHYNCHOPIDAE Black Skimmer COLUMBIDAE Band-tailed Pigeon Pale-vented Pigeon 148 Ruddy Pigeon 149 Eared Dove 150 Common Ground-Dove 151 Plain breasted Ground dove 152 * Ruddy ground dove 153 Blue Ground-Dove 154 Maroon-chested Ground-Dove 155 * Scaled Dove 156 * White-tipped Dove 157 Ruddy Quail-Dove 158 Violaceous Quail-Dove 159 Lined Quail-Dove

6 PSITTACIDAE 160 Military Macaw 161 Chestnut-fronted Macaw 162 Blue-crowned Parakeet 163 * Scarlet-fronted Parakeet 164 * Brown-throated Parakeet 165 * Blood-eared Parakeet 166 Maroon-faced Parakeet 167 * Green-rumped Parrotlet 168 Orange-chinned Parakeet 169 Lilac-tailed Parrotlet 170 * Blue-headed Parrot 171 * Red-billed Parrot 172 Yellow-headed Parrot 173 Oranged-winged Parrot CUCULIDAE 174 Black-billed Cuckoo 175 Δ Yellow-billed Cuckoo 176 Dark-billed Cuckoo 177 Gray-capped Cuckoo 178 * Squirrel Cuckoo 179 Greater Ani 180 Smooth billed Ani 181 Groove billed Ani 182 Striped cuckoo 183 Pheasant Cuckoo 184 Pavonine Cuckoo 185 TYTONIDAE Barn Owl STRIGIDAE Vermiculated Screech-Owl Tropical Screech-Owl 188 Rufescent Screech-Owl 189 Spectacle Owl 190 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl 191 Burrowing Owl 192 Black-and-white Owl 193 Mottle Owl 194 Striped Owl 195 STEATORNITHIDAE Oilbird NYCTIBIDAE 196 Common Potoo CAPRIMULGIDAE 197 Semicollared Nighthawk 198 Lesser Nighthawk 199 Δ Common Nighthawk

7 200 Nacunda Nighthawk 201 Pauraque 202 Rufous Nightjar 203 Band-winged Nightjar 204 White-tailed Nightjar 205 Little Nightjar APODIDAE * White-collared Swift Tepui Swift 208 Chestnut-collared Swift 209 Spot-fronted Swift 210 White-chinned Swift 211 Chapman s Swift 212 * Vaux s Swift 213 * Gray-rumped Swift 214 Ashy-tailed Swift 215 Short-tailed Swift 216 * White-tipped Swift 217 Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift 218 Fork-tailed Palm-Swift TROCHILIDAE * Rufous-breasted Hermit Pale-bellied Hermit 221 * Sooty-capped Hermit 222 * Little Hermit 223 Lazuline Sabrewing 224 * White-necked Jacobin 225 Brown Violetear 226 Green Violetear 227 * Sparkling Violetear 228 * Black-throated Mango 229 Ruby-topaz Hummingbird 230 Violet-headed Hummingbird 231 Spangle Coquette 232 * Blue-chinned Sapphire 233 * Blue-tailed Emerald 234 Green-tailed Emerald 235 * Golden-tailed Saphire 236 Buffy Hummingbird 237 * Glittering-throated Emerald 238 Steely-vented Hummingbird 239 * Copper-rumped Hummingbird 240 * White-vented Plumeleteer 241 * Speckled Hummingbird 242 * Violet-fronted Brilliant 243 Violet-chested Hummingbird 244 * Bronzy Inca

8 245 Booted Racket-tail 246 Tyrian Metaltail 247 * Long-tailed Sylph 248 Wedge-billed Hummingbird 249 Long-billed Starthroat 250 Amethyst Woodstar 251 Rufous-shafted Woodstar TROGONIDAE 252 Whit-tipped Quetzal 253 * Collared Trogon ALCEDINIDAE 254 Ringed Kingfisher 255 Amazon Kingfisher 256 Green Kingfisher 257 Green and Rufous Ringfisher MOMOTIDAE 258 Blue-crowned Motmot GALBULIDAE 259 Pale-headed Jacamar 260 Rufous-tailed Jacamar BUCCONIDAE 261 White-necked Puffbird 262 * Russet-throated Puffbird 263 * Moustached Puffbird RAMPHASTIDAE 264 * Groove-billed Toucanet 265 Collared Aracari 266 Black-mandibled Toucan PICIDAE * Scaled piculet Spot-breasted Woodpecker 269 * Golden-Olive Woodpecker 270 * Lineated Woodpecker 271 * Red-crowned Woodpecker 272 * Smoky-brown Woodpecker 273 Red-rumped Woodpecker 274 Crimson-crested Woodpecker DENDROCOLAPTIDAE * Plain-brown Woodcreeper * Olivaceous Woodcreeper 277 Strong-billed Woodcreeper 278 Black-banded Woodcreeper 279 Straight-billed Woodcreeper 280 * Buff-throated Woodcreeper 281 Olive-backed Woodcreeper 282 Streak-headed Woodcreeper 283 Spot-crowned Woodcreeper

9 284 Red-billed Scythebill FURNARIIDAE 285 * Pale-breasted Spinetail 286 Stripe-breasted Spinetail 287 Black-throated Spinetail 288 Yelow-throated Spinetail 289 * Crested Spinetail 290 * Plain-fronted Thornbird 291 Spotted Barbtail 292 Streaked Tuftedcheek 293 Guttulated Foliage-Gleaner 294 * Montane Foliage-Gleaner 295 Buff-fronted Foliage-Gleaner 296 Streak-capped Treehunter 297 Streaked Xenops 298 * Plain Xenops 299 Gray-throated leafscraper 300 Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper FORMICARIIDAE 301 Great Antshrike 302 * Black-crested Antshrike 303 Black-backed Antshrike 304 * Barred Antshrike 305 Plain Antvireo 306 Plumbeous Antshrike/ now Whitestriked Antvireo 307 * Slaty Antwren 308 Rufous-winged Antwren 309 * White-fringed Antwren 310 Long-tailed Antbird 311 Jet Antbird 312 * White-bellied Antbird 314 Short-tailed Antthrush 315 Rufous-tailed Antthrush 316 * Black-faced Antthrush 317 Great Antpitta 318 * Plain-backed Antpitta 319 Chestnut-crowned Antpitta 320 Rusty-breasted Antpitta 321 Slate-crowned Antpitta 322 Scallop-breasted Antpitta PTEROPTOCHIDAE 323 Brown-rumped Tapaculo COTINGIDAE 324 Green-and-black Fruiteater 325 Golden-breasted Fruiteater 326 * Handsome Fruiteater

10 327 Cinereous Becard 328 White-winged Becard 329 * Chestnut-crowned Becard 330 Black-capped Becard 331 Black-and-white Becard 332 Black-tailed Tityra 333 Masked Tityra 334 Black-crowned Tityra 335 Red-ruffed Fruitcrow 336 Bearded Bellbird PIPRIDAE Golden-headed Manakin Wire-tailed Manakin 339 Lance-tailed Manakin 340 Wing-barred Manakin 341 Thrush-like Manakin TYRANNIDAE Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant * Black Phoebe 344 Pied Water-Tyrant 345 White-headed Marsh-Tyrant 346 Vermillion Flycatcher 347 Cattle Tyrant 348 Δ Fork-tailed Flycatcher 349 * Tropical Kingbird 350 Δ Gray Kingbird 351 Δ Variegated Flycatcher 352 Δ Crowned Slaty Flycatcher 353 Piratic Flycatcher 354 Boat-billed Flycatcher 355 * Streaked Flycatcher 356 * Golden-crowned Flycatcher 357 Social Flycatcher 358 Rusty-Margined flycatcher 359 White-Bearded Flycatcher 360 Lesser Kiskadee 361 * Great Kiskadee 362 Bright-rumped Attila 363 Venezuelan Flycatcher 364 Pale-edged Flycatcher 365 Brown-crested Flycatcher 367 Dusky-capped Flycatcher 368 Δ Olive-sided Flycatcher 369 Δ Wood Pewee 370 Tropical Pewee 371 * Greater Pewee

11 372 Euler s Flycatcher 373 Fuscous Flycatcher 374 Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher 375 Cinnamon Flycatcher 376 Flavescent Flycatcher 377 * Bran-colored Flycatcher 378 White-throated Spadebill 379 Yellow-Olive Flycatcher 380 Yellow-breasted Flycatcher 381 Olivaceous Flatbill 382 * Common Tody-Flycatcher 383 Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher 384 Pearly-vented Tody-tyrant 385 Black-throated Toddy-Tyrant 386 Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant 387 Pale-eyed Pygmy-Tyrant 388 * Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant 389 Venezuelan Bristle-Tyrant 390 Yellow-bellied Bristle-Tyrant 391 Yellow Tyrannulet 392 Tawny-crowned Pygmy-Tyrant 393 Pale-tipped Tyrannulet 394 White-throated Tyrannulet 395 Yellow-bellied Elaenia 396 Δ * Small-billed Elaenia 397 Δ Slaty Elaenia 398 Plain-crested Elaenia 399 Lesser Elaenia 400 Mountain Elaenia 401 Forest Elaenia 402 Greenish Elaenia 403 Scrub Flycatcher 404 Mouse-colored Tyrannulet 405 Southern Beardless Tyrannulet 406 Sooty-headed Tyrannulet 407 Paltry or Venezuelan Tyrannulet 408 Rough-legged Tyrannulet 409 Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet 410 Slaty-capped Flycatcher 411 * Olive-stripe Flycatcher HIRUNDINIDAE 412 White-winged Swallow 413 Δ Brown-chested Martin 414 Gray-breasted Martin 415 * Blue-and-white Swallow 416 * Rough-winged Sawllow 417 Δ Bank Swallow

12 418 Δ Barn Swallow CORVIDAE 419 * Green Jay TROGLODYTIDAE 420 Stripe-backed Wren 421 Moustashed Wren 422 Rufous-breasted Wren 423 Rufous-and-white Wren 424 Buff-breasted wren 425 * House Wren 426 * Gray-breasted Wood-Wren 427 Nightingale Wren 428 Black-capped Donacobius MIMIDAE 429 Tropical mockingbird TURDIDAE Andean Solitaire Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush 432 Δ Veery 433 Δ Gray-cheecked Thrush 434 Δ Swaison s Thrush 435 * Yelleow-legged Thrush 436 Pale-eyed Thrush 437 Glossy-black Thrush 438 Black-hooded Thrush 439 * Pale-Breasted Trush 440 Cocoa Thrush 441 * Bare-Eyed Trush 442 * White-necked Thrush SILVIIDAE 443 Long-billed Gnatwren 444 * Tropical Gnatcatcher VIREONIDAE * Rufous-browed Peppershike Δ Yellow-throated Vireo 447 Δ Red-eyed Vireo 448 Δ Black-wiskered Vireo 449 * Brown-capped Vireo 450 * Golden-fronted Greenlet 451 * Scrub Greenlet ICTERIDAE Shiny Cowbird Giant Cowbird 454 * Crested Oropendola 455 * Russet-backed Oropendula 456 Yellow-rumped Cacique

13 457 Yellow-billed Cacique 458 Carib Grackle 459 Yellow-hooded Blackbird 460 Δ Orchard Oriole 461 Orange-crowned Oriole 462 Troupial 463 Yellow Oriole 464 Yellow-backed Oriole 465 Oriole Blackbird 466 Eastern Meadowlark 467 Δ Bobolink PARULIDAE Δ * Black-and-white Warbler Δ Prothonatary Warbler 470 Δ * Golden-winged Warbler 471 Δ * Tennessee Warbler 472 Δ Blue-winged warbler 473 * Tropical parula 474 Δ Yellow Warbler 475 Δ Black-throated Blue Warbler 476 Δ Magnolia Warbler 477 Δ Black-throated Green Warbler 478 Δ Cerulean Warbler 479 Δ * Blackburnian Warbler 480 Δ Chestnut-sided Warbler 481 Δ Bay-breasted Warbler 482 Δ * Blackpoll Warbler 483 Δ Worm-eating Warbler 484 Δ Ovenbird 485 Δ * Northern Waterthrush 486 Δ Louisiana Waterthrush 487 Δ Connecticut Warbler 488 Δ Mourning Warbler 489 Masked Yellowthroat 490 Δ Hooded Warbler 491 Δ Canada Warbler 492 Δ * American Redstart 493 * Slate-throated Redstart 494 Black-Crested Warbler 495 Flavescent Warbler 496 * Three-stripe Warbler 497 * Golden-crowned Warbler 498 White-eared Conebill

14 499 Bicolored Conebill 500 * Bananaquit TERSINIDAE 501 Δ * Swallow Tanager THRAUPIDAE Bluish Flower-Piercer 504 Masked Flower-Piercer 505 White-sided Flower-Piercer 506 Rusty Flower-Piercer 507 * Purple Honeycreeper 508 Red-legged Honeycreeper 509 * Green Honeycreeper 510 Blue Dacnis 511 * Speckled Tanager 512 * Golden Tanager 513 Rufous-cheecked Tanager 514 Blue-necked Tanager 515 * Bay-headed Tanager 516 Burnished-buff Tanager 517 * Beryl-spangled Tanager 518 Black-capped Tanager 519 Black-headed Tanager 520 Fawn-breasted Tanager 521 Blue-napped Chlorophonia 522 Blue-hooded Euphonia 523 * Orange-bellied Euphonia 524 Trinidad Euphonia 525 Thick-billed Euphonia 526 * Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager 527 * Blue-gray Tanager 528 Glaucous Tanager 529 * Palm Tanager 530 Blue-capped Tanager 531 * Silver-beaked Tanager 532 Hepatic Tanager 533 Δ Summer Tanager 534 Δ Scarlet Tanager 535 White-winged Tanager 536 * White-lined Tanager 537 * Gray-headed Tanager 538 Rose-breasted Thrush-Tanager 539 Hooded Tanager 540 Guira Tanager 541 Fulvous Headed Tanager 542 Oleaginous Hemispingus 543 * Common Bush-Tanager 544 Blacke-faced Tanager

15 CATAMBLYRHYNCHIDAE 545 Plush-capped Finch FRINGILLIDAE 546 * Blue-black Grosbeak 547 Ultramarine Grosbeak 548 Buff-throated Saltator 549 * Grayish Saltator 550 * Streaked Saltator 551 Δ Rose-breasted Grosbeak 552 Yellow Grosbeak 553 Δ Dickcissel 554 Pileated Finch 555 Stripe-headed Brush-Finch 556 * Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch 557 * Ochre-breasted Brush-Finch 558 * Black-striped Sparrow 559 Golden-winged Sparrow 560 Sooty Grassquit 561 Black-faced Grassquit 562 Dull-colored Grassquit 563 Lesser Seed-Finch 564 Large-billed Seed-Finch 565 * Gray Seedeater 566 Plumbeous Seedeater 567 * Lined Seedeater 568 Lessons Seedeater 569 * Yellow-bellied Seedeater 570 * Ruddy-breasted Seedeater 571 * Blue-black Grassquit 572 * Saffron Finch 573 Stripe-tailed Yellow-Finch 574 Wedge-tailed Grass -Finch 575 Grassland Sparrow 576 * Rufous-collared Sparrow 577 Yellow-faced Siskin 578 Red Siskin 579 Yellow-bellied Siskin 580 Dark-backed Goldfinch